Brooks 6 months

Is our baby seriously 6 months? It is flying by. We are trying to savor this time with our last baby, but he is changing overnight. We are so blessed Brooks is such a happy little guy. He mainly cries when he is done eating because it's over and he's not happy about it. :) Other than that, he is smiling and content. Brooks loves scooting around, grabbing things, watching his older siblings, being tickled, singing songs. He's got those long eyelashes like Davis and Maggie from their dad, but looks like his eyes are going to stay a hazel color. We are eating him up. His smile with his tongue out is so him and adorable. 

Aunt Kat used her cool camera and photography skills to take some 6 month shots.  We did some of all 3.  Keep in mind, Aunt Kat and Mom were with all 5 of us at the park, so it was a super quick photo shoot!  Thanks, Aunt Kat!

 

Davis plays soccer!

Davis  played soccer this spring and Tim coached his team. There were 6 little 4 and 5 year old boys on his team and it was certainly entertaining.

Dad was an awesome coach!

Davis ran his little heart out with the pack but had no real desire to make contact with the ball. He started to kick it some about halfway through the season.

D with Aunt Ellen. Davis had a lot of fans come cheer him on. Nana, Gdaddy, Grammy, PaPaw, Aunt Anne, and Aunt Ellen. Mom enjoyed the extra hands here and there since Brooks was ready for bed before those 6:30 games were over.

Davis was excited he was #4!

Maggie wanted her picture with Coach Dad on picture day. She has already requested for him to be her coach next year when she plays soccer. :)

March 2012

In March, we went to Charleston for an extended weekend. The kids had a ball at the Children's Museum where mom used to work. Davis and Maggie were in perpetual motion, so pictures did not turn out that great. This was a cute one of Brooks with Nana.

The first part of the weekend, we stayed at the Schumachers with the moms while the dads helped do projects at the beach house. We had fun playing with our cousins and went out to the beach to say hello to all the worker bees.

Brooks enjoying him some Uncle Mark.

Mom and Aunt Kat planned a little treasure hunt for us since we are really digging pirates these days. It was fun and lasted about 30 seconds! :)

We found our treasure! Gold candy, coins, and swords! Arghhh!

Brooks was the only photogenic one again. Spoiling Dad with smiles on his birthday.

I mean, this dog is unreal with these kids. Mags putting her vet kit to work with Chuck.

Brooks and Gdad. Nana and Gdaddy came to visit at the end of March to see Davis play soccer and helped us with the kids while we, yes, CLOSED on our house! We feel very fortunate to have sold it. We are excited to look for somewhere to rent in Madison and cut that commute down that we seem to do 1-2 times a day. :)

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Valentine's fun

Holidays are all the more magnified and exciting with two preschoolers in the house. We have fun with them! Here are some Valentine's stuff we did.

Writing M on my Valentine's (mom helped me write the rest) and stickering them up! It's hard work when you're all dressed like a princess!

We bagged goldfish and put these stickers on them to give to our friends.

We made bird treats in heart shapes for our cousins and teachers. We made a bunch of butterfly ones for our yard and the birds loved them!

He's stolen his mom's heart for sure!

Happy Valentine's Day! Crashing after all the sweets. Sleeping babies are so sweet though.

Special Vday pancakes and bananas for you bananas! My other little heart stealer.

Last week of January and February 2012

I apologize for the lack of updates.  It's been a combination of technical difficulties, no time, and then just straight up too daunting to tackle, but I'm back to fill in the gap. Hopefully I won't let it get this neglected in the future.
While playing catch up, I am hitting the hilights, so if we saw you or even did something super cool with you and it's not posted, I'm sorry. Life is busy, but life is GREAT!

Brooks is either super serious or super smiley these days. He doesn't really have an in between. This is his poker face!

All you really have to do is sing to get a smile out of this kid. And you don't even have to be good. We all know what his mom's singing skills are like!

Good work Santa. Brooks loves this activity mat!

Rolling all around these days. I prefer back to stomach, but I'll do either. :)

Maggie and Dad went to a local Daddy-Daughter dance and had a dinner date.  Maggie kept calling it the Dance Party and was so excited to get dressed up and pick out Dad's clothes, too.

The boys and mom had a movie night and made ice cream sundaes!

This is a little out of order. Brooks trying rice cereal for the first time--Jan 29. The boy is not afraid to eat!

Davis is doing awesome with his letter recognition and has memorized several books he likes to read to his baby brother. Davis might be Brooks' biggest fan. I don't know--he has a lot of competition, but he is great with him.

First real food--avocado

Second food--green beans.

Painting some birthday cards

Loving some carrots--I haven't found a food I won't eat yet!

Brooks Baptism

We planned Brooks Baptism the same weekend as Maggie's birthday. I don't recommend back to back entertaining like this with small children, if anyone thinks it might be a good idea. :) We were blessed to have so many with us to share this special day. Family came to enjoy a brunch at our house after our church service. It was a fun weekend!

Brooks with Rev Grady and Aunt Kiki, his Godmother

It speaks volumes of our supportive families to have so many with us and is so reassuring to have so many people to help teach our children about the Lord.

I am #1 today!

This tongue smile is so Brooks and so hilarious!

Pretty cool that Aunt Kiki got my first laugh out of me this weekend.